Table of contents

Original research

• Obesity and cardiovascular outcomes: another look at a meta-analysis of Mendelian randomization studies (21 July, 2019)

  George A Kelley, Kristi S Kelley, Brian L Stauffer
• Reliability of ultrashort electrocardiographic indices in hypertension: the quest for a clinically applicable prognostic marker (16 August, 2019)

  Keren Politi, Keren Kaminer, Udi Nussinovitch
• U-shaped relationship between left ventricular mass index and estimated glomerular filtration rate in patients with primary aldosteronism (19 October, 2019)

  Min-Tsun Liao, Che-Wei Liao, Cheng-Hsuan Tsai, Yi-Yao Chang, Zheng-Wei Chen, Chien-Ting Pan, Lung-Chun Lin, Vin-Cent Wu, Shu-Fen Kuo, Xue-Ming Wu, Chi-Sheng Hung, Yen-Hung Lin
• Traditional signs and symptoms commonly attributed to hypogonadism do not correlate with testosterone levels: the Cooper Center Longitudinal Study Experience (20 September, 2019)

  Laura F DeFina, Nina B Radford, David Leonard, Rick K Wilson, Tyler C Cooper, S Michael Clark, Gloria Lena Vega, Carolyn E Barlow, Benjamin L Willis, Larry W Gibbons, Ugis Gruntmanis
• Metformin decreases hyaluronan synthesis by vascular smooth muscle cells (30 October, 2019)

  Annele Sainio, Piia Takabe, Sanna Oikari, Henriikka Salomäki-Myftari, Markku Koulu, Mirva Söderström, Sanna Pasonen-Seppänen, Hannu Järveläinen
• Low hematocrit levels: a risk factor for long-term outcomes in patients requiring prolonged mechanical ventilation after cardiovascular surgery. A retrospective study (26 September, 2019)

  Akito Tsukinaga, Shunsuke Takaki, Takahiro Mihara, Kenta Okamura, Susumu Isoda, Kiyoyasu Kurahashi, Takahisa Goto
• Association of intestinal permeability with admission vitamin D deficiency in patients who are critically ill (30 October, 2019)

  Ghazaleh Eslamian, Seyed Hossein Ardehali, Melika Hajimohammadebrahim-Ketabforoush, Zahra Vahdat Shariatpanahi
• Area under the expiratory flow–volume curve (AEX): actual versus approximated values (11 September, 2019)

  Octavian C Ioachimescu, James K Stoller
• Pediatric multicenter cohort comparison of percutaneous endoscopic and non-endoscopic gastrostomy technique outcomes (26 September, 2019)

  Ashwath S Kumar, Majid Bani Yaghoub, Kamel Rekab, Matt Hall, Thomas Mario Attard
• Association between coarse particulate matter (PM_10-2.5) and nasopharyngeal carcinoma among Taiwanese men

  (16 October, 2019)

  Hsu-Chih Huang, Disline Manli Tantoh, Shu-Yi Hsu, Oswald Ndi Nfor, Cheau-Feng Lin Frank, Chia-Chi Lung, Chien-Chang Ho, Chih-Yi Chen, Yung-Po Liaw
• MiR-3150b-3p inhibits the progression of colorectal cancer cells via targeting GOLPH3 (2 November, 2019)

  Weiqing Zhang, Xiaoyan Chen, Junzhi Jia